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1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 238 |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 238.
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| Contents |
Semantics of manliness in ancient Greece / Karen Bassi -- Andreia of Xenocles / G.I.C. Robertson -- Marvelous Andreia / Sarah E. Harrell -- Andreia of the Hippocratic physician and the problem of incurables / Ralph M. Rosen and Manfred Horstmanshoff -- Most citizens are Europrôktoi now / Adriaan Rademaker -- Rhetoric of courage in the Athenian orators / Joseph Roisman -- High Cost of Andreia at Athens / Edward E. Cohen -- Ordeal of the divine sign / Peter T. Struck -- Aristotle on Andreia, divine and sub-human virtues / Marguerite Deslauriers -- Paradoxical Andreia / Helen Cullyer -- Roman men and Greek virtue / Myles McDonnell -- Andreia and the Askêsis-culture in the Roman East / Onno van Nijf -- Like the labors of Heracles / Joy Connolly -- Plutarch's manly women / Jeremy McInerney |
| Summary |
An examination of a central concept in the self-definition of any Greek-speaking male: "Andreia", the notion of courage and manliness. Through a combination of lexical or semantic and conceptual studies the discourse of manliness and its role in the construction of social order is explored |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Andreia (The Greek word)
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Classical literature -- History and criticism
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Greek language -- Semantics
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Masculinity -- Terminology
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Civilization, Classical.
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Courage -- Terminology
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Civilization, Ancient.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Ancient Languages.
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Civilization, Ancient
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Andreia (The Greek word)
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Civilization, Classical
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Classical literature
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Courage
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Greek language -- Semantics
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Masculinity
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Männlichkeit
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Mannelijkheid.
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Moed.
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Klassieke oudheid.
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Griechenland Altertum
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Griechenland <Altertum>
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Terminology
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rosen, Ralph Mark.
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Sluiter, I. (Ineke)
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| ISBN |
141750675X |
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9781417506750 |
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9004119957 |
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9789004119956 |
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9047400739 |
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9789047400738 |
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1280464577 |
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9781280464577 |
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9786610464579 |
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661046457X |
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